Annie Mae (Tower) Brunelli, 95 of Franklin died November 24, in the Maples Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Wrentham. She was the wife of the late Clement E. Brunelli who died in 1992.
Born in Worcester, June 8, 1918, the daughter of the late Henry and Mary (Finnegan) Tower, Mrs. Brunelli was raised in Worcester and had lived in Franklin since 1938.
An accomplished decorator and painter, Mrs. Brunelli had taught painting at the Adult Education Programs at Franklin, Wrentham, Westwood and Dover High Schools.
She also had operated her own private classed out of her home art studio for many years.
She was a member of the Historical Society of Early American Decorators.
She is survived by her son Clement E. Brunelli, Jr. and his wife Donna of Franklin and her daughter Jane Giallonardo and her husband Greg of Franklin.
She was the mother of the late Jeffrey A. Brunelli who died in 2011.
She was the sister of the late Ruth Gauch and Lamson Tower.
Mrs. Brunelli is also survived by her grandchildren, Cathy, Susan, Jeffrey, Jr. and Rachel and her great-grandchildren, Jacob, Jenna, Jack, Christopher, Olivia, Nicholas and Tessa.
Her memorial service will be held on Saturday November 30 in the Franklin Federated Church at 1:00.
In lieu of flowers expressions of sympathy may be made in her memory to the Perkins School for the Blind, 175 North Beacon Street, Watertown, MA 02472 or Random Smiles, PO Box 13, Franklin, MA 02038.